HMS Blackburn

HMS Blackburn has been the name of two Royal Navy vessels:

• HMS Blackburn (1918), a Hunt-class minesweeper launched 1918, sold 1922.
• HMS Blackburn (1944), lead ship of the Blackburn-class aircraft transports, an aircraft transport launched 25 March 1944. She became a RNVR drillship in 1950, and was sold in 1968 to become RV Gardline Locater (Gardline Shipping). Broken up 1997.

Citations

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

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